Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elvira Woodruff


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 02:43, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Elvira Woodruff

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The only reference given in this article is a link to a public library site that provides such information on countless authors simply because they are authors. An additional search of Internet databases indicates that she has indeed published several children's books, but none of them have received any professional accolades. A search on her name results in hits having to do with book sales and with promoting her work, not with discussing it secondarily or critically (i.e., they fail independence). From what I have been able to determine, she does not meet the requirements of WP:AUTHOR. KDS 4444 Talk  07:01, 6 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete as nomination, fails WP:AUTHOR.TheLongTone (talk) 13:20, 6 June 2014 (UTC) Reconsidered.TheLongTone (talk) 18:31, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:10, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
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 * Comment Woodruff has ten Kirkus Reviews spanning 1991 to 2006, the first 10 of 12 listings at search results, page one. (The last two and all of page two are other Woodruffs.) She has one starred review of The Christmas Doll (2000). --P64 (talk) 19:44, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep In addition to the Kirkus Reviews she has a dozen or so reviews at Publishers Weekly and other reviews from places like Library Journal and Booklist - the sheer number is enough for AUTHOR which requires "reviews", not "professional accolades" or "critical" (ie. negative) reviews. --  Green  C  19:59, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 04:44, 13 June 2014 (UTC)




 * Keep. Numerous reviews at Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews suggest she exceeds Wikipedia's guideline for authors. Her book about Washington's socks sold over 1 million copies. Several newspaper articles solely about her. Revamped article. Meets WP:GNG.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 15:27, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep her works are featured in several books about children's books. I've added two more citations to the article. --Bejnar (talk) 00:39, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
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